CS 500x233 Usiminas · Weight & Dimensions

Usiminas, welded sections · Wide Flange (I-beam)

Wide flange beams (W shapes / I-beams) are the most common structural steel profile used in building construction. They are used for beams, columns, and girders in steel-framed buildings and bridges. Designed per AISC 360, Eurocode 3, and NBR 8800.

Also known as: CS 500x233 (México) · Doble T CS 500x233 (Argentina / LATAM) · UB 500 (UK / Australia)

The CS 500x233 steel profile weighs 233.0 kg/m (156.57 lb/ft), has a depth of 500 mm (19.69 in), flange width 500 mm (19.69 in). Cross-sectional area: 29,683.2 mm². Moment of inertia Ix = 140,406.733 cm⁴, Iy = 46,682.204 cm⁴.

Cross-section (not to scale)

Dimensions

Property	Metric	Imperial
Depth (h)	500 mm	19.69 in
Width (b)	500 mm	19.69 in
Web thickness (tw)	16 mm	0.63 in
Flange thickness (tf)	22.4 mm	0.88 in
Weight	233.0 kg/m	156.57 lb/ft

Section Properties

Property	Metric	Imperial
Area (A)	29,683.2 mm²	46.009 in²
Moment of inertia (Ix)	140,406.73 cm⁴	3373.27 in⁴
Moment of inertia (Iy)	46,682.2 cm⁴	1121.54 in⁴
Elastic section modulus (Sx)	5,616.27 cm³	342.727 in³
Elastic section modulus (Sy)	1,867.29 cm³	113.949 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zx)	6,177.95 cm³	377.003 in³
Plastic section modulus (Zy)	2,829.13 cm³	172.645 in³
Radius of gyration (rx)	21.75 cm	8.563 in
Radius of gyration (ry)	12.54 cm	4.937 in